Every person who shall break and enter any bank, shop, office or warehouse, not adjoining to or occupied as a dwelling house, any meeting house, church, chapel, courthouse, town house, college, academy, schoolhouse, library or other building erected for public use or occupied for any public purpose, or any ship or vessel, with intent to commit murder, sexual assault, robbery or larceny, shall be imprisoned not exceeding ten (10) years.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-8-4
Breaking and entering business place, public building, or ship with felonious intent
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case United States v. Fiore (1992)
Most recently applied in United States v. Schofield (June 1997)
G.L. 1896, ch. 279, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 345, § 8; G.L. 1923, ch. 397, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 608, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 11-8-4; P.L. 1987, ch. 140, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 314, § 1.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.